Linked by David Adams on Wed 16th Apr 2008 15:34 UTC, submitted by LinucksGirl
The Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) runs Linux, but getting it to run well requires some tweaking. In the third and final article of this series on PS3 Linux Peter Seebach talks about ways to get X11 slimmed down to fit on a smaller memory budget.
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...XBMC runs on Linux now. If there were accelerated graphics drivers for Linux on the PS3 you could do the same thing but actually play HD content over HDMI
That was actually one of my first thoughts when I learned that XBMC was was being ported to Linux and that the PS3 would run Linux. Then I found out exactly how restricted the hardware access would be and Sony lost a sale.
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While probably true, would that really be such a bad thing for Sony? I bought an (original) xbox for exactly one reason XBMC. However having bought the xbox I found myself buying a bunch of games for it as well. I know other people bought an xbox for exactly the same reason.
The same would probably happen with the PS3. I have yet to pick a current gen console. However if Sony gave enough access to the hardware to make it (also) work as a good general purpose linux based media player, they would get my money. And having bought a PS3 I would no doubt buy games for it. I still don't quite see what Sony has to lose. Sony would sell a few more consoles and thus a few more games. It's not like people will start pirating more all of a sudden just because they can watch the movies on a PS3 with some software they downloaded off the internet.